The dominance of a patriarchal authority is established through numerous signs and codes within the text yet it is not embraced, rather it is confronted. “ Laputa – Castle in the Sky” (1986) is a complex text and it is evident that there are significant meanings that can be established reflecting feminist ideology. By identifying key signs, codes and systems of meaning that are present within the text it will be shown that there are a number of feminist ideological issues which are raised. In the film “Laputa – Castle in the Sky” (1986), Miayzaki utilizes cinematic codes and conventions, both Japanese and western, Fusing dominant aesthetic models drawn from both live action cinema and other pictorial arts, with an extensive vocabulary of the animated form that adapts the hyper realist designs and narration strategies used in the Disney features (Wells 1997). The film was produced in Japanese language, the copy that will be studied for this essay is one dubbed in English for Japan Airlines. Directed by master animator Hayao Miayzaki, this Japanese animated feature film is not well known or readily available in Australia although it is a classic in Japan. This paper will be a semiotic analysis of the lead female character Sheeta (fig1) from “ Laputa – Castle in the Sky” (1986).
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